Exploring, eating and writing about good food on Canada's west coast

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: "Baking"

The past few months have been a really exciting time for me both as a self-taught home cook and as a food blogger. I've had the pleasure of traveling to conferences in Philadelphia, then Okanagan Wine region and Vancouver to learn more about the vast world of food and wine blogging along with a wi…

I've been enjoying delving further into the world of food photography this year, there's something very satisfying about getting that perfect shot that makes the food I've made look as good as its tastes (or better!).

A good friend offered me the use of her lighting softbox to see how the difused l…

My local group of friends has a record 18 people coming to our yearly holiday cookie exchange this year. So I'm neck-deep in ingredients and fighting the humidity of a west coast rainy day (anti-meringue making weather) as I whip up 17 dozen meringue cookies, plus more for the tasting competition. R…

I had the privilege of being invited to a Thanksgiving feast potluck at a Central Vancouver Island farm yesterday, the very place I buy my amazing vegetable plants each spring, in fact. My friends who own this farm have begun the Thanksgiving weekend tradition of throwing a huge potluck feast in o…